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US High Court deals setback to Florida felon voting rights

by Associated Press
| July 16, 2020 1:03 PM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A divided U.S Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an appellate court's decision to temporarily block hundreds of thousands of Florida felons from voting, making it unlikely that they will be allowed to cast a ballot in the state’s primary next month — and possibly in November's crucial presidential election.

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